{"id":619086,"date":"2026-10-03T03:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619086\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T03:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:46:10","slug":"meridian-museum-of-art-to-host-52nd-annual-bi-state-reception-and-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619086\/","title":{"rendered":"Meridian Museum of Art to host 52nd Annual Bi-State reception and awards ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The Meridian Museum of Art will host a reception and awards ceremony for its 52nd Annual Bi-State Competition &amp; Exhibition on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 628 25th Ave. The event is free and open to the public, with awards announced at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The juried exhibition highlights contemporary artists from Mississippi and Alabama. This year, 81 works were selected from more than 300 entries by juror James Ehlers, a Baylor University faculty member, artist and educator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">More than $3,000 in prizes will be awarded, including a $1,000 Best of Show Cash Award. Guests can view the exhibition, meet participating artists, and attend the awards ceremony. Refreshments will be provided by Weidmann\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The exhibition will remain on view through Oct. 10. For more information, call 601-693-1501 or email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtok.com\/2026\/10\/03\/meridian-museum-art-host-52nd-annual-bi-state-reception-awards-ceremony\/mailto:meridianmuseum@bellsouth.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meridianmuseum@bellsouth.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtok.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily newsletter!<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WTOK. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The Meridian Museum of Art will host a reception and awards ceremony for its 52nd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[304818,442,498,499,500,304816,501,156,304819,304815,304817,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-619086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-alabama-artists","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-bi-state-competition-meridian","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-meridian-events","tag-meridian-museum-of-art","tag-mississippi-art-exhibition","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}